Dutch
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An Introduction to the Language
History
Dutch is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family. It is relatively closely related to West Frisian, German and English, and to a lesser extent, the North Germanic languages (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, and Faroese). Being the language from which Afrikaans derived, Dutch is mutually intelligible with that language.
Family
Indo-European
- Germanic
- West Germanic
- Low Franconian
- Dutch
- Low Franconian
- West Germanic
Spoken in
Dutch is spoken as a native language mainly in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders and Brussels), Suriname, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, French Flanders (France), and Lower Rhine (Germany). It is spoken by approximately 27 million people, of which 22 million are native speakers.
